Written questions
1,470 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Housing Associations: Energy Price Guarantee
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy Price Guarantee will support housing associations that have fixed business electricity contracts for multi-occupancy buildings where the costs are billed to ten
10 Oct 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers from Afghanistan are currently living in hotels.
10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Naseer Ahmad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made any representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the killing of Mr Naseer Ahmad who was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan.
10 Oct 2022 · Treasury
Liquefied Natural Gas: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of LNG trans-shipments from the UK to the European Union has been in each of the last 24 months.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education
Foster Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will take steps to increase financial support to foster carers.
10 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Baha'i Faith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential threat of human rights violations against the Bahai community in Iran.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electricity: Consumption
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the amount of additional electricity demand that will result from (a) heat pumps in residential homes and (b) domestic electric vehicle charging.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that apartment blocks can receive signals for smart meters so as to allow for the charging of electric vehicles.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Multiple Occupation: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will amend the Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation Regulations 2006 to require the landlord to ensure the cleanliness of communal areas.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sportsgrounds: Rubber
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential health risks from tyre crumb fill on 3G sports pitches.
10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2022 to Question 39768 on Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment, whether Numed Inc Products has indicated to NHS Supply Chain whether it intends to stop importing an
10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Muscular Dystrophy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51448 on Muscular Dystrophy: Research, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Research has plans to undertake research into the (
23 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Departments policy that people applying for support for equipment under the Access to Work programme are required to make a new application when they change jobs.
21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Clinical Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Trusts have a six month termination clause in contracts for the supply of clinical waste services.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Muscular Dystrophy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research is being undertaken into the (a) cause of and (b) potential treatments for Distal Myopathy-5 and ADSSL1 Myopathy.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Benefit and Universal Credit: Distance Learning
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether full-time attendance at Harrow Online School by a 16 year old constitutes approved education for the purposes of (a) a child benefit and (b) an universal credit claim.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animals and Plants: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) plant and (b) animal diseases are screened for when importing products into the UK.
20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Universities
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received any reports that university and college lecturers who worked for the British Council in Afghanistan and are still in the country have received letters
20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Universities
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure the security of university and college lecturers in Afghanistan who (a) worked for the British Council and (b) ma
20 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what advice his Department provides to leaseholders living in blocks where lenders require an EWS1 certificate to progress a sale but freeholders refuse to apply for such a certifica
19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 11557 on Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment, whether NHS Supply Chain has received communication from Numed Inc Products’ United Kingdom distribu
19 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of applications for British passports that have been (a) replacements for existing passports and (b) applications for first time passports ove
19 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fossil Fuels: Exploration
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Shell's proposal to commence seismic blasting on the Wild Coast of South Africa on (a) whales and (b) other marine life in that
19 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Associations: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the reasonableness and value for money of service charges levied by housing associations on their tenants.
19 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Scotfield Group: Leeds
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had discussions with Scotfield Ltd about unsafe cladding at the Gateway Building in Leeds.
18 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uzbekistan: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent events in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
15 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Repatriation: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) British citizens and (b) accompanying family members who have travelled to the UK directly from Kabul since 1 September 2021.
15 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Darfur: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of violence in Darfur on the Massaleit community.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the location of electric meters in block of flats on the ability of residents to connect to smart meters and charge electric veh
30 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Empty Dwelling Management Orders at enabling local authorities to bring empty properties back into use; and whether he plans to in
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